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Product Review - PC Security Shield 2008 By Lisa Carey
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| Monday, January 19, 2009 |
Each person using the Internet to be used, even one as basic as email, shopping, or to do business, needs to take advantage of the effective and up-to-date anti-virus and spyware monitoring system to protect the interests of private, business and financial data. Although credit card theft is the number one form of identity theft, computer theft crimes rank in the top five dangers of identity theft.
There are three ways that identity theft can occur from the use of the Internet:
-Phishing. You receive an email from one of the better known online service or your bank, you with a warning message that your bank or other account may have been compromised, and then ask you to clink a link and "log-in," If you follow those instructions, you ends provide a third party with your account and access the information. I most often receive the kind of message from a group alleging to be a "PayPal," But I have also been received from an entity pretending to be a local credit union.
-Spyware: You may not know that this is on the computer without spyware detection system. This software is used to record the keystrokes to obtain personal and financial information every time you shop or bank online. It can also be used to access confidential information on your hard drive.
-Spoofing: A legitimate site will be "hi-jacked", re-users to fake websites where they are asked to provide confidential information.
It is important when shopping for anti-virus software to ensure that this includes protection against hazards and includes regular updates. One of the many anti-virus is available at this time the system is PC Security Shield 2008. This system, like many others, offer: anti-virus, spyware and adware protection, personal firewall, automatic updates daily, according to your choice of time, and / or scheduled scanning, and control parents. You can complete the purchase of the software online or over the phone and then download anti-virus software on personal computers.
However, what is unique about this service are:
1. You can purchase the service either monthly or yearly, with most of the services that need to purchase one full year.
2. If the virus does not happen, Security Shield provides a "patch" within 2-3 hours and complete improvements to the virus within 5 hours. According to PC Professionals Security Shield, using F-Secure technology responds 3-4 times faster in the virus and improve customer service with the updated antivirus protection "twice" as often as other anti-virus software system. (PC Professionals, Issue Aug 2006)
3. Software use Bayesian filters as well as the "black list" sites that send unsolicited email to be used in phishing schemes to this email and stored in a separate folder for your safety.
4. PC with Security Shield 2008 Parental Control feature, parents can not only block sites that contain specific content, such as pornography, drugs or weapons, but also can set a certain time of day when the Internet can not be used. This is very important for their final night or immediately after school when parents can not attend.
5. There are no hidden costs or additional support services for technical assistance, in contrast to other businesses that anti-virus program the number of additional cost to repair the damage viruses or spyware either per minute or per event.
Technical support for this system includes a product guide, instant chat, email and phone support and the Frequently Asked Questions site. However, phone support does not have a toll-free number. Online chat support to respond quickly, but you must have a product code is available. I just hold the phone that supports little more than 5 minutes, which is longer than I would like to continue, but no longer held to utilities and cable. Be sure to check the system requirements for web sites, but they seem to be a standard system for anti-virus software you may consider to buy.
The cost for this service is currently $ 39.99/year after $ 20.00 mail in rebate. Discounts are offered 90 days after the service ended, and after you have support before anti-virus software with one of those listed by PC Security Shield. You can also purchase a monthly service program $ 5.99 per month for one computer or $ 9.99 per month for up to three computers.
My favorite feature of this service not only the ability to control web content, but also the ability to change the time my children are permitted to the web in accordance with the schedule. Other features of a personal note, is to protect the email from spy ware, phishing, key logging, and the type of email through two different services, one of the up-to-date research and the other by log compilation of "bad" sites that may try to hi jack your personal information.
To purchase this service, you can simply register online, choose either monthly or annual subscription, a confirmation of your purchase via email, you get the key and download anti-virus software system. Preference settings that intuitive, but chatting online is very helpful in giving directions.
This may be a program of anti-virus software may be for most parents, especially with the range offers some of the computer, there is no additional charge for the excellent technical support and extended parental control. It protects your PC and personal data from theft, so consider feasible.
Lisa Carey is a contributing author for Identity Theft Secrets: prevention and protection. You can get tips on Identity theft protection, software, and monitoring your credit also learn more about the secrets used by identity thieves at the Identity Theft Secrets blog |
posted by neptunus @ 9:01 PM
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